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We Need a Public Service Internet to Free Us from Big Tech’s GraspThe profit-led business models of big tech are harming democracy. We should look to the tradition of public media to help us find alternativesBy Helen Jay Credit: rob dobi/Getty Images“Big tech”—aka Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft—now outdoes the notorious trusts of the Gilded Age in their raw power. Much of it rests in the hands of some of the wealthiest men in the world. They share not just vast reach and influence, but a common thirst for maximum…

Robot sponge. Credit: Tianqi YueScientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that a simple sponge can enhance the way robots grasp objects.This easy-to-make sponge-jamming device can assist stiff robots handle delicate items carefully by mimicking the nuanced touch, or variable stiffness, of a human.Robots can skip, jump and do somersaults, but they’re too rigid to hold an egg easily. Variable-stiffness devices are potential solutions for contact compliance on hard robots to reduce damage, or for improving the…

via Disney It’s a well-known fact of life that everyone loves Danny DeVito, even if he doesn’t seem to understand the concept of the supernatural. While not everyone is obligated to have an in-depth understanding of the otherworldly, it would have maybe come in handy given that the Batman Returns and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia legend is a key part of the star-studded ensemble for Disney’s Haunted Mansion reboot. And yet, when questioned by Empire about whether or not he’d ever experienced some spooky…

Gif: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab/GizmodoA video recently shared by NASA showcases just how big supermassive black holes can get. Supermassive black holes have masses greater than 100,000 Suns, and NASA’s new visualization shows the extent to which our local star pales in comparison. What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It?The smallest of the lot is the relatively puny J1601+3113, a dwarf galaxy with a black hole at its center. NASA said in a release that even though J1601+3113 has 100,000…

Our galaxy's largest nearby companion is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy visible to the naked eye in the Southern Hemisphere.In recent years, new theoretical research and better observational capabilities have taught astronomers a great deal about our (not-so-little) neighbor.It's becoming increasingly clear that the LMC is helping shape the Milky Way's evolution."It was long assumed that our galaxy lives a quiet life of a hermit, with the nearest 'big' neighbor being Andromeda some 800 kiloparsecs…

Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects – and not drop them – using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its ‘skin’. Credit: University of CambridgeResearchers have developed a cost-effective and energy-saving robotic hand that can grasp a variety of objects, without dropping them, by utilizing only wrist movement and the feeling in its “skin.”The ability to grasp objects of varying sizes, shapes, and textures is a task that is simple for humans…

Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage There are 10 days left of January, which means we’ve got a week and a half at most until we find out what James Gunn and Peter Safran have planned for the immediate future of the DCU. The Guardians of the Galaxy architect has always been open in repeatedly confirming that this is the month we’re going to get our first inkling of what’s in store for the rebooted – and hopefully rejuvenated – superhero franchise, but it would be the understatement of the century to say that…

The new robotic grippers help to grasp a wide range of items from stacking to handling tiny, delicate electronic components Intro: Grippers are special devices designed to help robots handle objects in the real world. They are also known as ‘end-effectors’ or ‘manipulators’. Grippers are combined with a collaborative robot arm. The new Robotic gripper help to grasp a wide range of items from stacking large boxes to handling tiny, delicate electronic components. Robot Grippers are of many different types that are…

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By Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences December 5, 2022Close-up of the gripper’s filaments wrapping around an object. Credit: Harvard Microrobotics Lab/Harvard SEASA jellyfish-like soft gripper simulates the mechanics of curly hair.You are aware of how difficult it is to grasp and hold onto items with robotic grippers if you have ever played the claw game at an arcade. Imagine how much more nerve-wracking that game would be if you were attempting to grab a delicate piece of endangered coral…